Watch Houses
This is the second part of National Indigenous Times' analysis on human rights in Queensland. Part one can be found here. The human rights of young people in Queensland have been "decimated" in recent...
When Queensland's Attorney-General, Deb Frecklington, told a meeting of attorneys-general in August that the LNP government "won't be changing anything" when it comes to incarcerating children —...
Almost 400 Indigenous children have been held in the Northern Territory's police watch houses across just six months, the ABC has revealed. The national broadcaster's exclusive also found that how lon...
Some incarcerated children are spending weeks alongside adults in a cell with a cold concrete bench, no natural light or fresh air and no privacy when using the bathroom.
The number of children aged 13 or under being housed in Queensland watch houses has increased 50 per cent in the past 12 months. The statistics form part of a report tabled by the Office of the Public...
The peak body for Indigenous legal services has become the latest to criticise proposed new laws impacting children in Queensland, arguing they will inflict "devastating harms" on First Nations commun...
The detention of children in watch houses for extended periods, with unaddressed medical or mental health risks, could have "catastrophic consequences", a report has found.
Children should never be held in adult watch houses according to a leading abolitionist group, as the Queensland Police Commissioner undertakes a broad-ranging review into the facilities.
Queensland watch houses have "end-to-end systemic issues" and are "under significant pressure", according to the state's police commissioner.
The fall out into revelations a First Nations 17-year-old was struck with a baton by police at the Richlands watch house in Brisbane have continued to reverberate, with police behaviour being explicit...
Stories have surfaced of children being sexually abused while others tell of kids being deprived of food or kept in solitary confinement. Advocates are now adamant that children in Queensland's adult...
A youth advocacy group is considering legal action after accusing the Queensland government of failing to protect children in watch houses. The government has been told it must take urgent action amid...
A disturbing lack of accountability and transparency around a fragmented youth justice system are just some of the findings in a report into the use of watch houses by the Queensland Family and Child...